Why female crested tits copulate repeatedly with the same partner: Evidence for the mate assessment hypothesis

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 87-91

  Lens, Luc ^a   Van Dongen, Stefan ^a   Van Den Broeck, Marleen ^a   Van Broeckhoven, Christine ^a   Dhondt, André A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Aves (birds); copulation; crested tit; mate assessment; mating; Papus critatus; Paridae; Parus; solicitation

Indexed keywords

CONDITION; COPULATION SOLICITATION; CRESTED TIT; EXTRA PAIR PATERNITY; MATE ASSESSMENT HYPOTHESIS;

PARUS CRISTATUS;

EID: 0030618893     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/8.1.87     Document Type: Article

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